Do you feel the tension during a game? Get so frustrated/excited/scared that it makes your hands sweat? Well, Thermaltake has got that covered with its Tt eSports Black Element Cyclone gaming mouse, the world’s first gaming mouse with an externally mounted fan.

The Black mouse series originally saw a release in 2010 and received positive feedback, so naturally the 2012 edition had to be something pretty special. The Cyclone edition brings a unique outside fan system, which is designed to cool your sweaty hand after gaming all day. It’s not the first mouse to feature a fan, but the fact it’s exterior, makes it stand out.

The laser sensor has an accuracy rating of 6,500dpi, which should be accurate enough for any game you want to play. If your hand gets too cold, you can choose to detach the fan at any time to change it back into a more typical gaming mouse. Other external customizations include a choice of five colors (blue, red, aqua, green and pink), which you can change at any time by pressing the profile button.

The weight of the mouse can also be adjusted in the base of the unit in lots of 4.5 grams up to a total of 22.5 grams. So if you prefer a heavier mouse for first person shooters, but like it lighter when playing an MMO, you can add and remove weight as you see fit. And don’t worry about the noise levels this fan produces with the fan turned on. It outputs a very low 21.7 dB

To accompany the color changes, cooling fan, and weight adjutsments, Thermaltake also gves you access to software customixations, too. The mouse comes with 9 customizable macros keys and 128kb of on-board memory. Using the included software interface you can store up to 45 macro keys and 5 gaming profiles, which should be more than enough for the types of game you play.

The fan might be a gimmicky idea, but it’s certainly going to stand out at a LAN party. And even if you prefer not to use it the other customizations on offer should make this a worthwhile investment. Unfortunately we don’t know how much of an investment yet as the price hasn’t been announced.